David Curtis demonstrates "A Light Touch: Landscapes in Oils"

In this video, David Curtis is back to painting in oils and this time the 'light' is all about a lightness of touch which he likes to use when painting in oils.



Notes I made while it was playing focus on:

• he likes to use scrubby strokes at the beginning of landscape paintings
• palette focus on main colours used for his landscape palette
• capitalise on the light and getting the patina of light right
• getting the highlights marked in at the beginning of the painting
• seeing the picture as a whole in terms of shapes of light and shade
• a constant focus on tones and getting the register of light and dark right
• the importance of developing your memory when painting plein air
• the importance of NOT honing in on one area - which you might like a lot - for too lomg

Books and DVDs by David Curtis

You can find a new section about David Curtis in my "resources for artists" website The Best Books about Landscape Painting  

These are my Amazon Associate links to David Curtis's books

United Kingdom

• The Landscape in Watercolour: A Personal View (Atelier)
• Capturing the Moment in Oils
  
• Light and Mood in Watercolour
  
• NEW BOOK published May 2010 Painting with Impact
  

United States of America

• A Personal View - David Curtis -The Landscape in Watercolor
• Artists living in the USA can also buy DVDs (Region1) of this artist.  Here's a link to A Personal View: Landscapes in Watercolour with David Curtis 
• A Light Touch: Successful Painting In Oils 
• Capturing the Moment in Oils
• his new book published September 2010 Painting with Impact